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ryl Kile still unsigned, are trying to
keep a $33 million budget, but
that’s becoming more difficult.
“I’m not married to $33 million,”
McLane said. “I'm seldom married
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Elliott
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"We went to Bullwinkles and did
kareoke. It was just awesome. It was all
the freshmen and they got us to go up
there and we sang ‘Footloose.’ It was
embarrassing, but it was the soccer
team and we all bonded. Really, those
first two weeks of preseason was spe-
rial and helped us come together.”
The freshman sweeper sees her
role on the team as a motivator on
and off the field.
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A service ace by Smedsrud and a
Sykora kill would lead the Aggies to a
6-2 lead. Then a combination of a
block and kill by Sykora seemed to
stun Texas into a deep sleep as the Ag
gies would go on to a relatively easy
victory in Game three to win the
match and break the Horns 15 game
“I don’t know if I’ve ever
been prouder of my team
coming through in the
clutch.”
\iomore LAURIE CORBELLI
VOLLEYBALL COACH |
running streak. The 15-6 score in
game three would mark the second
time in two years that the Aggies
swept UT in G. Rollie White.
, Seniors Kristie Smedsrud and
I the top FarahMensik both seemed as thougii
one ot they very pleased with the outcome.
J by Bob “i t i s j us t an awesome feeling, I
p- As a can’t really explain what it feels like,”
It’d 9.2| Smedsmd said.
: a game “This is the sweetest victory of my
| a 33-6 career at A&M,” Mensik said.
Texas As far as Texas is concerned the
I associj coach Jim Moore saw the positives
irograffll in the loss.
, senior “This can be tire best thing to hap-
adjnsi P en to us,” Moore said, “ Tonight
j taught us that if you play careful and
e b es t| try not to lose, you lose.”
McLane
competitive. We haven’t made a fi
nal decision on (the budget). We’re
still going to have
a small market
budget, but we’re
trying to im
prove our club.
“We’re going
to try our best to
get the people
we need to have.
We’re just going
to have to ad
just as we go
along.”
Alou, who led the Marlins last
season with 23 homers and 115
RBIs, is under contract through
leadership,” Elliott said. “Not so
much like I tell people what to do,
but you could call me an organizer...
and motivator. Well, hopefully that’s
what I’m doing.”
Her leadership potential has
not gone unnoticed. Co-Big 12
Coach of the Year G. Guerrieri
names that as being one of her
dominant characteristics.
“She is the single greatest impact
from an incredible freshman class.
She brings to our back line, not just
the usual things that you find from
a great defender like in that she is
good ball winner and good distrib-
2001. He’ll get $5 million in 1998
and 1999 and $5.25 million in 2000
and 2001.
Kile likely will command a con
tract worth $6-$7 million per year,
leaving the Astros a longshot to re
tain his services.
“Drayton is committed to win
ning,” general manager Gerry
Hunsicker said. “But we. also have
to show fiscal restraint, and we’re
going to try to do the best we can
and see what happens. We’re not
going into a spending frenzy.”
Kile is being pursued by several
teams, including the Colorado
Rockies.
“It looks like a stretch right now
utor, but she has incredible leader
ship abilities,”
Guerrieri said.
“That is one of
the reasons we
recruited her.
She has certainly
been a leader on
this team as a
freshman and
very much de
serving of the
Big 12 Rookie of
the Year award
this year.”
With the postseason kicking off
Elliott
but we’re going to try to keep Dar
ryl,” McLane said.
Acquiring Alou doesn’t automat
ically mean the Astros will unload
right fielder Derek Bell, who had an
off-season in 1997.
“I’m always looking to improve
the club,” Hunsicker said. “But to
add someone like Alou and take
away Bell almost negates the move.
I think adding Alou makes Bell a
better player. He can be more re
laxed and pitchers have one more
guy in the lineup to worry about.”
Henriquez was 4-5 with a 2.80
ERA and 12 saves in 60 games with
Triple-A New Orleans last season.
Barrios was 4-8 with a 3.27 ERA in
57 games.
on Sunday against Southern
Methodist, her leadership will be put
to the test. Elliott, though, is up for
anything put up against her.
“I think that if oui'team puts every
thing together and stays focused, we
are unstoppable,” Elliott said. “Playing
here at A&M is a lot more than I ever
expected. The team is just awesome.
The players that I play with are really
phenomenal athletes.
“I think that without soccer and if
I didn’t play I might not have gotten
many of the opportunities I have
had. Soccer is just awesome and that
is why I play.”
Griffey unanimous
choice for AL MVP
NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Grif
fey Jr. became the ninth unani
mous pick for the American
League Most Valuable Player
award, winning the honor for the
first time Wednesday.
Griffey, who hit .304 for Seattle,
led the AL with 56 homers and fin
ished first in
the majors
with 147 RBIs,
received all 28
first-place
votes and 392
points in bal
loting by the
Baseball Writ
ers Associa
tion of Ameri
ca. He’s the
first unani- Griffey
mous AL pick
since Chica
go’s Frank Thomas in 1993.
New York Yankees first base-
man Tino Martinez was second
with 24 second-place votes and
four thirds for 248 points, fol
lowed by Thomas (172 points)
and Baltimore reliever Randy
Myers (128).
Griffey, winning an honor his
father never did during 19 sea
sons in the majors, led the AL in
runs (125), total bases (393) and
slugging percentage (.646). He
had 24 homers through May but
just five in June and three in July
before getting hot again.
He had finished close in previ
ous MVP voting, winding up sec
ond in 1994, fourth last year and
fifth in 1993.
Griffey’s home-run total
matched the seventh-most in a
single season, and his 294
homers already is 76th on the ca
reer list. On April 25, he became
the fourth-youngest player to
reach 250 homers, trailing only
Jimmie Foxx, Eddie Mathews
and Mel Ott.
Griffey’s father, who finished
with 159 homers, was ninth in
NL MVP voting in 1976 with 49
points and got one lOth-place
vote in 1980.
For winning the award, Grif
fey gets a $150,000 bonus. The
only other player to earn a
bonus was Texas outfielder Juan
Gonzalez, who gets $50,000 for
finishing ninth.
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